GREAT BRITISH SELF-DRIVE ELECTRIC VEHICLE RACE OFF!

FOR almost a quarter of a century, the world’s largest vehicle manufactures have been searching for the same holy grail – a self-driving, eco-friendly electric car that can return its owner safely home after an evening’s boozing at the pub.

Today, after billions of dollars of investment, years of cutting-edge artificial intelligence research and countless test-runs in real-world scenarios, we can finally answer the question of whether the dream has been achieved. And the answer is ‘No. No, it hasn’t.’

But just imagine if it had! Imagine living in a world of self-driving vehicles, where travelling in your car was as easy and relaxing as going by bus or train. A world where you could eat, drink and sleep on the move, knowing you will get to your destination swiftly and safely without having to worry about what all the other arseholes on the road are doing.

And now your forward-thinking Viz has produced this – a 100% accurate simulation of what getting from A to B in the year 2080 might be like. So grab your dice, push the start button and settle back to enjoy your Viz

Great British Self-Drive Electric Car Race Off!

HOW TO PLAY

Cut out, fold along the dotted lines and stick together the 4 self-drive EV cars below (fig.1), then place them on the Land’s End square and take turns rolling a 6-sided dice, following the instructions on each square you land on. The blue squares are road squares and red squares are services. The first player to reach John O’Groats is the winner.*

*Remember that although the game is an almost 100% realistic simulation of a UK-based car journey made using self-driving electric vehicles, human intervention is required to push the pieces around the board.